Thursday, July 15, 2010

the intake manifold of the indian. shinya found out that the valve covers had about 1/5 inch difference in level. maybe because the cylinder heads aren't matching. despite that, manifold were forcibly tightened up and the threads on the valve cover screws were stripped. shinya thought it would be too time-consuming to find another valve covers or to fix the level of the valve covers, he decided to make a manifold that fits to uneven level valve covers instead. using nipples and nuts for plumbing found at home depot in middle of the night... "IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED to use home depot parts for restoring the historical vehicle," shinya said.

ok, shinya couldn't beat his personal record this time. now he knows what to do by the speedweek so let's just wait for it! it took 2 years for us to make it 3/mph faster so it'll be a long run. and that's one of the real thrill of this race...